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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
521 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
VAZ019-020-024-042145-
BATH VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-ALLEGHANY VA-
521 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
NORTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY...WESTERN ROCKBRIDGE AND SOUTHERN BATH
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE CITY OF LEXINGTON THROUGH
545 PM EDT...
AT 521 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
INGALLS FIELD, OR NEAR HOT SPRINGS, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...
MILLBORO...
HOT SPRINGS...
COLLIERSTOWN...
ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...
WARM SPRINGS...
AND NIMROD HALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS, STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS, AND
MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3787 7931 3763 7957 3773 7969 3776 7967
3778 7975 3794 7993 3805 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 307DEG 30KT 3796 7979
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JCB
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